I also couldn’t choose all that many, because like the people I’m doing this for I’m pressed for time and space. Finally I wanted to work with plants that would let me test some different container styles – particularly for the soil less containers where I want to be able to check out larger single plant pots, smaller individual plants set into a pipe garden configuration and also I wanted to check out a “broadcast” planter box.  I want to check into cut and come again salad greens so I wanted the most surface area I could acommodate in the space.

Here’s the list so far- Cherry tomatoes, beans, acorn squash, picking cucumbers, lettuce varieties (loose leaf) and hot peppers.  If the hot peppers seem like a strange addition – all I can say is that they can be dried and held for a long time, I like the taste of hot peppers and I happen to really like the look of them too.

Although I’m kinda late getting off the ground, if I can I’ll try and also get some snow peas added into the mix and that will probably be it.

The seeds are sprouting – I dont’ have any pots and I haven’t built the hydroponic planters yet … got to get this in gear!

You want your backyard to look unique, and there are a number of things you can do to achieve this look. You can plant certain flowers, add unique lawn furniture, add a birdbath, and put down nice looking patio bricks. One thing that few people think of, though, is adding a bird feeder to the look. One of the most interesting and exotic looking bird feeders is an African bird house bird feeder. It looks so different from other feeders. It looks like an African hut with an ornamental roof made out of wheat or rye over a “house” of corn. Birds can come visit this unique home and stay for a meal—the entire bird house is made out of edible food, including Japanese millet, proso millet, sunflower seeds, corn, wheat, rye, canola seeds, popcorn, oat groats, and dried orange and apple slices. The entire this is fourteen inches tall and almost five inches across, large enough for several birds to eat at once.